[34670] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Systemic problems at Verizon
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Mcadams)
Fri Feb 16 08:36:41 2001
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 08:32:27 -0500
From: Jeff Mcadams <jeffm@iglou.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
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Also sprach Sean Donelan
>Verizon is continuing to have network problems.
>http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12557-2001Feb15.html
>Although Verizon's spokesperson may be correct, it may not be a
>systemic network-wide problem. However, it does seem to be evidence of
>a systemic management problem.
>Are things as bad in Verizon country as they got in Ameritech country?
>Eventually the various state PUC's had to intervene in Ameritech's
>service problems.
I find it interesting that the media is willing and eager to jump on
stories about technical problems, but you have to drag them kicking and
screaming to do stories about the much more severe problems resulting
from the ILECs' anti-competitive activities. Sheesh.
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